On Saturday August 22nd around 7:15pm the WBFD was dispatched to the 1800 block of Old Lancaster Pike in Cumru Township for a Structure Fire, assisting Cumru Township Fire Department. Initial crews arrived on scene and had a residential home with smoke and flames from the … [Read more...]
On Saturday August 15th around 12:45pm, the WBFD was dispatched to Blue Marsh Lake in Lower Heidelberg Township for a rescue of an injured horseback rider. While units were responding, Berks DES advised that there was one injured horseback rider who was thrown from the horse and … [Read more...]
On Wednesday August 12th around 12:20pm, the WBFD and mutual aid units were dispatched to the 100 block of Fox Hill Drive in South Heidelberg Township for a vehicle fire. During the response Berks DES advised units a garbage truck had smoke coming from the engine compartment. … [Read more...]
On Sunday August 9th at 12:40am the WBFD and mutual units were dispatched to the 000 block of Cacoosing Ave in Sinking Spring Borough for a Structure Fire. First arriving fire units had smoke showing from semi attached, three story residential home and declared a working fire. … [Read more...]
On Tuesday August 2nd, Berks County was hit by heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Isaias resulting in numerous emergency incidents in the county. Fortunately our area in Western Berks County was relatively unscathed with only some minor flooding of roadways and low lying areas. … [Read more...]
